Above Lyme Regis, looking across Marshwood Vale, Dorset
DrawingsBritish18th century

Above Lyme Regis, looking across Marshwood Vale, Dorset

1797-1798

Artists

Thomas GirtinArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Watercolor on off-white modern laid paper
Culture
British
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.8 × 51.8 cm (9 3/4 × 20 3/8 in.) frame: 39.4 × 67.3 cm (15 1/2 × 26 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Charles Sackville Bale (1791-1880), sold [through his sale, Christie’s, London, May 13, 1881, lot 87]; to Palser. Edward Cohen (1816-1880), by descent; to Mrs. Oswald, his niece. Sir Edward Marsh (1872-1953). Sydney L. Courtauld (1840-1899), by descent; to Major (later Sir) Stephen Courtauld (1883-1967), 1899. [Agnew’s London, 1931], sold; to British Private Collector, by descent and sold; [through Christie’s, London, December 9, 2015, lot 213]. [Christie’s, New York, January 30, 2019, lot 110, passed]. [Sotheby’s, New York, January 26, 2022, passed], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2022

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